From lojban+bncCK30vq5WEPaM2-cEGgS7h8Qd@googlegroups.com Wed Dec 01 14:04:55 2010 Received: from mail-px0-f189.google.com ([209.85.212.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PNunB-0000MA-9N; Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:04:55 -0800 Received: by pxi19 with SMTP id 19sf2650182pxi.16 for ; Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:04:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:received:received :received:received-spf:received:date:from:to:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:in-reply-to:user-agent:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type:content-disposition; bh=mc1SQDq+CmGSlAf2561D0QP3PAUfY7JYh8WbUE9J0H8=; b=5xwfCCfZ9H5Tua/Z8obG31dkwF3Mrf0QGLfordzIl5gLxXL5fHKRm/QGighaKeNuSw ptpd6F8NcRVPNdmC0BWaEWQ29K8N+ic+aTDJAC8jcwh2bchtBudFSdKeV0Gr1r0VT7F2 k3XpYKRmW+slkrSUI6OvD07coI28a3H0Mv228= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:in-reply-to:user-agent:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type:content-disposition; b=4e23gRrv9+2SrgSm2NzUns77svhYq+/Z5Vs7tPjcTp4e94UyB3ZUzw1W3CP+x4T+e9 7xUjSD6ejYLHh5+pDm9T7UO9S9NwwC1HVeP+qC7kESBwFGX714Ak6hXQCaRfVoheftPU fIlVSF+io2x3zTJGL5pH+snKJE6JEF3/atV1I= Received: by 10.142.152.27 with SMTP id z27mr296296wfd.31.1291241078556; Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:04:38 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.142.249.41 with SMTP id w41ls12271036wfh.1.p; Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:04:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.200.17 with SMTP id x17mr2790045wff.10.1291241077618; Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:04:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.200.17 with SMTP id x17mr2790043wff.10.1291241077586; Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:04:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org (digitalkingdom.org [173.13.139.234]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id n6si459010wfl.7.2010.12.01.14.04.37; Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:04:37 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org designates 173.13.139.234 as permitted sender) client-ip=173.13.139.234; Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PNumz-0000Lv-2T for lojban@googlegroups.com; Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:04:37 -0800 Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 14:04:37 -0800 From: Robin Lee Powell To: lojban@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] CAPL Message-ID: <20101201220436.GO27025@digitalkingdom.org> References: <20101201194403.GN27025@digitalkingdom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Original-Sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org designates 173.13.139.234 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Interesting. OK. -Robin On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 10:03:30PM +0000, james riley wrote: > The point, as far as I could get from the interview on BB, was > that a guy behind it was sick of having to use clip-art for > flashcards (and their like) when there's photos available. And dry > lists of "this word corresponds to this word" don't do it for > everyone. > > James/Cmacis > > On 1 December 2010 19:44, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 03:11:15PM +0000, james riley wrote: > > > I'm sure others have spotted this, but I've not seen anything on > > > the list. Exciting project. Doesn't exactly scale to Lojban, and > > > they certainly wouldn't add Lojban, but we could do a very similar > > > project ourselves. Some sort of wiki where we post photos > > > (possibly require login to upload photos. Anywhere allowing free > > > photo uploading ends up with frackloads of kiddie-pron). Caption > > > them in our native languages, and Lojban. I propose that they get > > > a lo se/te/ve/etc. gismu rather than gismu. One photo can't give > > > all places of a gismu. Of course, some can't be photographed. This > > > is not a problem. Not every Russian word can be photographed. > > > We'll just have to photo (or use freely licensed photos) for what > > > is effectively a noun place. > > > > > > http://capl.washjeff.edu/index.php is the link > > > > I don't really see the point? It's just a bunch of "the house"/"der > > Haus", which is like "Well, *yeah*?". > > > > My response may be colored by the fact that the first image I > > clicked through to was > > http://capl.washjeff.edu/browseresults.php?langID=2&catID=20&subCatID=95 > > , which just offends me (I own a copy of the > > http://www.signwriting.org/ book) > > > > -Robin > > > > -- > > http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. > > Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot > > is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" > > is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "lojban" group. > > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. > -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" is "na nei". 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